2014年12月大学英语四级考试预测试卷8_第11页

　　Questions{TSE} are based onthe following passage.

　　Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle's husband,an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packeda small case and was never seen or heard of again. Eileen was astonished and ina state of despair. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, therehad been nothing wrong with their marriage.

　　Every day of the year a small group of menand women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or agoodbye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, theirworries and their confused families behind them.

　　Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearlyas many women were reported missing from home --

　　the highest in 15 years. Manydid return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and arenow living a new life somewhere under a different identity.

　　To those left behind this form ofdesertion is a terrible blow to their pride and self-confidence. Even thefinality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection orfailure. Worse than that ,people can be left with an unfinished marriage, notknowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free tostart a fresh life.

　　Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believesmost departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive."It's typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore otherpeople's pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is ahighly aggressive act. By creating an absence the people left behind feelguilty, upset and empty."

　　When her husband left home,Eileen Doyle________

　　A.could not forgive him fortaking the children

　　B.had been expecting it tohappen for some time

　　C.could not understand why

　　D.blamed herself for what hadhappened

　　62、Most people who leave theirfamilies behind them________

　　A.do so without warning

　　B.do so because of their debts

　　C.come back immediately

　　D.change their names

　　63、Some people would evenprefer the death to the running away of their spouse because________

　　A.their spouse would feel nopain during the death

　　B.their spouse's death wouldnot blow their pride and confidence

　　C.a desertion would not bringa feeling of rejection or failure

　　D.their spouse's death wouldmake them feel less painful

　　64、The man or woman leftbehind with an unfinished marriage usually________

　　A.admits responsibility forthe situation

　　B.wishes the person who hasleft were dead

　　C.comes back within a year

　　D.will have no legal marriagelife for seven years

　　65、Paul Brown regards leavinghome in such circumstances as________

　　A.an act of despair

　　B.an act of selfishness

　　C.the result of a suddendecision

　　D.the result of the enormoussense of guilt